The marchers accuse President Yoon Suk Yeol’s conservative government of labour oppression after they were ordered to return to work when they walked out in a dispute over harsh working conditions and financial struggles.
«:»Thousands of demonstrators representing organised labour marched in South Korea’s capital on Saturday denouncing government attempts to force thousands of striking truckers back to work after they walked out in a dispute over the price of freight. There were no immediate reports of injuries or major clashes from the protests near the National Assembly in Seoul. The marchers, mostly members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, accused President Yoon Suk Yeol’s conservative government of labour oppression and ignoring what they described as the truckers’ harsh working conditions and financial struggles, worsened further by rising fuel costs. On Tuesday, the government issued an order for some 2,500 drivers of cement trucks to return to work, saying that their walkout is affecting the national economy. It wasn’t immediately clear how many truckers returned to their jobs following the order as their union vowed to continue the strike.
